fun.fortune

Exports functions for displaying random selections from the ``fortune`` program commonly found on Un*x-y systems.

The fortunes displayed are generally limited to those under a couple hundred characters.

bofh

Description

Returns fortunes from just the BOFH Excuses collection. Useful when production just went down hard and laughter is all you have left before being shown the door.

fortune

Description

Selects at random a collection from a relatively non-offensive list of fortune databases, and returns a random fortune. None of the fortune collections overlap with the more specific functions also exported by this module.

startrek

Description

Returns a random Star Trek quote from the fortune database.

zippy

Description

Returns a random Zippy the Pinhead quote from the fotune database.